SVL2-Day 2

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Vocabulary words


1. rhet•o•ric

  • Pronunciation: (ret'ur-ik),
  • —n.
          • Definition: (in classical oratory) the art of influencing the thought and conduct of an audience.
  • Sentence:He was gifted speaker who used many forms of rhetoric to turn a crowd > in his favor.

2. log•ic

  • Pronunciation: (loj'ik),
  • —n.
  • Definition: the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable > inference.
  • Sentence:One argument that the speaker used, was logical reasoning, persuading > his listeners that a super mall in the City Center would bring new revenues into the > community.

3. mor•al

  • Pronunciation: (môr'ul, mor'-),
  • —adj.
  • Definition: of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
  • Sentence: He appealed to their sense of moral urgency, to get delinquent teens >off the street and working decent jobs.

4. eth•ic

  • Pronunciation: (eth'ik), [[pronkey.html|]]
  • —n.
  • Definition: a complex of moral precepts held or rules of conduct followed by an individual
  • Sentence: He prompted everyone in the room to examine their personal ethics and decide which was more important: raising taxes a few dollars or saving our youth from a life of crime and poverty.

5. in•duc•tive

  • Pronunciation: (in-duk'tiv),
  • —adj.
>Definition: of, pertaining to, or employing logical induction: inductive reasoning
  • Sentence: It was amazing how he used inductive reasoning to lay out all of his arguments and allow the >audience to decide that the mall was an absolute necessity.

6. syl•lo•gism

  • Pronunciation: (sil'u-jiz"um),
  • —n.
  • Definition: Logic.an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major >premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor >premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”
  • Sentence: He said that, “This mall is good for business, and business is good for our citizens, therefore, the mall is good for our citizens!”

7. a•nal•o•gy

  • Pronunciation: (u-nal'u-jē),
  • —n.,
  • Definition: a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump.
  • Sentence: The speaker concluded by saying, “The City Center is the heart of Apple Valley, and now it will pump the life blood to keep this fair city alive!”

8. cred•i•ble

  • Pronunciation: (kred'u-bul),
  • —adj.
  • Definition: capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
  • Sentence: The crowd cheered loudly, and handed over money donations, because his plan seemed so credible.

9. bla•tant

  • Pronunciation: (blāt'nt),
  • —adj.
  • Definition: brazenly obvious; flagrant: a blatant error in simple addition; a blatant lie.
  • Sentence: It was all so perfect until the speaker blatantly lied when asked about the money allocations.

10. ob•fus•cate

  • Pronunciation: (ob'fu-skāt", ob-fus'kāt),
  • —v.t., -cat•ed, -cat•ing.
  • Definition: to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information.
  • The speaker began to obfuscate, making excuses for the previous lie, as he was carried out of town by force.